Software Engineering Team Lead

Summary

Join Perspective, a fast-growing, bootstrapped SaaS company, as a hands-on technical leader for our Contacts platform. You will lead a team in developing features and tools to help sales reps, recruiters, and marketers manage contacts effectively. This role requires at least 8 years of software development experience in a product SaaS environment, including technical leadership experience, and a deep understanding of TypeScript, Node.js, and Next.js. You will be responsible for code quality, team alignment, cross-team collaboration, and fostering a positive team culture. Perspective offers a fully remote work environment across Europe, along with various benefits including top-tier equipment, a remote work budget, professional development opportunities, and team events.

Requirements

• At least 8 years of experience in software development in a product SaaS environment, including a few years of hands-on technical leadership
• You have a deep understanding of tech and solid knowledge in TypeScript. We use Node.js and Next.js as our main frameworks
• You have a solid understanding of distributed systems and modern web architecture principles, ensuring scalable, reliable solutions
• You articulate technical concepts clearly and keep your team and stakeholders informed with consistent, proactive updates
• You're passionate about great design and creating fast, seamless user experiences, with a focus on browser performance and page speed optimization
• You know your design patterns, applying them when they make sense to deliver practical, solution-oriented outcomes
• You thrive in a fast-paced environment, balancing velocity with high-quality outcomes
• You're ambitious and driven to push boundaries while maintaining an eye for detail and delivering results
• You bring fun and inspiration to the team, fostering a positive, collaborative environment where creativity and ownership thrive
• You're all about collaboration — mentoring, sharing knowledge, and empowering your team to grow and succeed while building strong relationships within and across teams

Responsibilities

• Get your hands dirty in the code, making sure everything is clean, scalable, and built to last. You’ll set the bar for your team’s tech decisions
• Lead the squad, ensuring team members are aligned, motivated, and unblocked
• Be a central point of contact for other squads and departments to drive cross-team collaboration
• Ensure a healthy team culture where everyone enjoys the ride and takes ownership of their work
• Facilitate alignment meetings, including weekly squad lead meetings and occasional exchanges with other teams (e.g. support)
• Hold the team accountable for project progress and quality, with regular check-ins and retros to identify and address bottlenecks
• Ensure the team follows best practices (e.g. Clean Code) while pushing the product forward
• Remove blockers to maintain high velocity and quality across the squad
• Host 1:1 meetings to tackle individual topics and bottlenecks
• Manage work distribution and capacity planning within the team to keep everything on track

Benefits

• Remote & Freedom | We strongly believe that every work environment needs to be ideal and fitted to the person. For this very reason, all our team members work remotely – in their own much needed way. That’s how we can ensure that all our talents have much freedom to create the best results possible
• Responsibility, Ownership & Impact | At Perspective, all our team members have a voice. We value every opinion and encourage all to speak their mind. Only with team effort, we can create something great. We believe in our team and therefore, give them much responsibility. Even if we fail, we learn from it, get back up and continue to succeed. It is part of the game and we know it
• Personal & Professional Growth | Your development is our priority. With our intensive onboarding, feedback talks and trainings, we foster your personal and professional development. One of our core value is “Keep Growing” which we portray in everything we do
• Best Equipment & Remote Budget | Our company is build on the USP of quality and we want to keep it that way. To keep up the quality, we only provide the best equipment to our team: For example, every new team member receives an Apple MacBook Pro for their work and a monthly remote working budget
• Team Events | We know working solely remotely can make it difficult to build a strong team spirit. However, at Perspective we focus deeply on team building by hosting various team events throughout the year. We understand the need of interaction face-to-face and strongly encourage it
• Cordial & passionate team | Last, but not least, we are the most cordial team you can imagine. We love working together, respect each other and always value each others opinions. We care deeply about our team members and are always down for a good virtual after work hangout